An Environment for Murder (Paperback)

A reluctant, middle-aged reporter finds himself entangled in a story that will not go away. From the mind and experience of Rod Decker emerges a jaded, gumshoe journalist, Alma Cannon, who knows better than to track down leads to the governor's office, east-bench mansions, or to the LDS church administration building. All the while his family reminds him that if he would clean up his own life, he might be able to see the virtue of the church working in partnership with business and government.

Yet Cannon follows his instincts, his nose telling him that something fishy is going on at the exclusive downtown Alta Club. Crashing a banquet to see what's what, he launches onto a suspenseful, madcap ride through Utah's backroom, deal-brokering nooks and more than one elegant, diamond-studded cranny. Eventually he turns up a few skeletons in Utah's southeastern desert.

A playful, imaginative, yet believable tale, the fast pace will catch some readers by surprise. What unravels from one chapter to the next is a compelling saga set against a backdrop that is more than well suited for a homicide.